The CHIC Research Network
Contemporary and Historical Ideological Competition in World Politics
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Since 2024, I have convened the Contemporary and Historical Ideological Competition in World Politics (CHIC) Research Network, with over 45 members from across 8 countries, and including representatives from academia, civil society, and politics. This network was originally founded, and funded from 2023 to 2025, by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council
Aims and Outputs
This network aims to further research and knowledge exchange on the ways in which changing patterns of ideological competition shape global politics across the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries. Our network is interdisciplinary, and currently engaged in a number of collaborative research projects. Outputs will be listed here when they are released.
The CHIC Research Network aims to break novel ground in several key ways:
Events
Thus far, we have held four main events associated with the research network, with another forthcoming in May:
Aims and Outputs
This network aims to further research and knowledge exchange on the ways in which changing patterns of ideological competition shape global politics across the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries. Our network is interdisciplinary, and currently engaged in a number of collaborative research projects. Outputs will be listed here when they are released.
The CHIC Research Network aims to break novel ground in several key ways:
- We focus attention on diverse dynamics of ideological competition, going beyond interstate competition to consider the cultural and social processes that link ideological competition at the domestic and international levels, while addressing the role of non-state actors.
- We cross disciplinary boundaries, in particular integrating work across political science, political theory, history, sociology and psychology.
- We adopt a more genuinely global scope of analysis, involving experts on Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Russia, South Asia and East Asia to counteract the common overweighting of North American/European experiences.
- We cross theoretical orientations, including scholars from more orthodox and more critical perspectives and from academic-focused and policy-focused research.
- We conduct this research in close conversation with stakeholders and practitioners, in particular but not limited to those based in the UK.
Events
Thus far, we have held four main events associated with the research network, with another forthcoming in May:
- CHIC Workshop 1 (July 2024, King's College London, London, UK)
- CHIC Panel at the International Studies Association Conference 2025 (March 2025, Chicago, USA)
- CHIC Global South Seminar (April 2025, King's College London)
- CHIC Workshop 2 (September 2025, King's College London, London, UK)
- CHIC Workshop 3 (May 2026, King's College London, London, UK)